Chapter 25 The Old Doctor's Merits
In the end, Old Zhao was carried away by his two sons amid his wife's scolding.
Doctor Chen gave him an acupuncture and prescribed some medicine. When Lao Zhao went back home, his complexion had improved a lot.
After Old Zhao's family left, the villagers had no more fun to watch, but they didn't dare to disturb Old Doctor Chen any longer, so they all prepared to leave.
"Aqing, are you going to leave?" Wang Daan said to Lu Qing.
"Hey, Lu Qing, why are you here? Xiaoyan is here too?"
At this time, the other villagers noticed Lu Qing and Xiaoyan standing in the corner.
"I've been here the whole time, but everyone was just concerned about Uncle Zhao's health, so they didn't see me." Lu Qing said with a smile, "Brother Da'an, you guys go back first, I still have something to ask Grandpa Chen."
"Excuse me?" Wang Da'an then noticed the book in Lu Qing's hand and suddenly realized, "Are you here to learn from Doctor Chen?"
"Well, I'm learning some knowledge about herbs from Grandpa Chen." Lu Qing did not deny it.
When these words were spoken, the villagers were surprised.
How could Lu Qing be so highly regarded by the old doctor?
After the surprise, envy follows.
The old doctor's medical skills are obvious to all, and he can even save a dying person.
Many people had seen Lu Qing's doctor before because of his serious illness, but in the end he was cured by the old doctor with a medicine.
When Lao Zhao fell into the water earlier, I heard that his face turned ashen and he wasn't breathing.
Then, the old doctor gave the man a few massages and brought the man back to life.
It is no exaggeration to say that this medical skill can bring the dead back to life.
Now that Lu Qing has the good fortune to study medicine under an old doctor, how can everyone not be envious.
However, no matter how envious they are, the villagers know that such things cannot be achieved by envying.
Learning medicine is not an easy thing to do. If you are not a very smart person, you probably won't even be able to get started.
Didn’t you see that Lu Qing was holding a book? The words that all the people in their village know combined probably wouldn’t even fill a basket.
Only Lu Qing, who had been taught by his grandfather since childhood, could recognize a few words.
Perhaps this is why Dr. Chen values Lu Qing.
Thinking of this, the jealousy of many villagers also subsided a little.
Because they know that even if such a good thing falls upon them, they don't have the ability to catch it.
An older villager walked up and patted Lu Qing on the shoulder.
"Well done, Lu Qing. You must study medicine well from the old doctor and try to learn all his skills!"
The sudden encouragement made Lu Qing a little confused.
He really wanted to say that he was really just learning some herbal knowledge from Dr. Chen.
Just looking at the old man's eager eyes, he could only nod: "I will try my best."
Even after all the villagers left, Lu Qing was still a little confused.
He originally thought that everyone would be envious and jealous when they saw him studying medicine under the old doctor.
But he just saw it.
The villagers were envious and jealous, but not as intense as he had imagined.
On the contrary, besides being envious and jealous, everyone seemed to hope that he could really learn the old doctor's medical skills.
Lu Qing doesn't like to make malicious assumptions about others.
But he also knew that human hearts were hard to predict, and sometimes people's jealousy came for no reason.
"Are you confused?" Doctor Chen came to Lu Qing.
"What?" Lu Qing was confused.
"I don't understand why the people in the village want you to learn my medical skills so much?" Doctor Chen said with a smile.
Lu Qing nodded. He indeed didn’t quite understand.
Does the old doctor know the reason?
"Lu Qing, do you know how many doctors there were in the nearby villages when I settled down in this village?"
The old doctor did not directly answer Lu Qing's question, but asked in return.
Lu Qing shook his head.
When the old doctor came to the village, the original owner was still young and did not have many memories of this.
"Not even one." The old doctor gave an answer that surprised Lu Qing. "Before I came to the village, there wasn't even a doctor in the nearby villages."
"When villagers get sick, for minor ailments, they basically just pick some herbs they know and boil them to drink, or go to a midwife or sorcerer to get some medicine. For the rest, they basically just boil the water. Only when they can't bear it any longer will they go to the city to seek medical treatment."
"But most of the serious diseases in this world are the result of minor illnesses. By the time you can no longer bear it and go to the city to seek medical treatment, it is often already a serious illness."
"Serious diseases are difficult to treat. Even doctors in the city cannot guarantee the cure of all diseases."
"Besides, it's not easy to live in the city, let alone seek medical treatment."
"Even if the doctors in the city are able to treat him, the high medical fees are not affordable for ordinary villagers."
"Therefore, for ordinary villagers, a serious illness often means that they will not live long."
"Before I came to the village, many people died of illness in the surrounding villages every year."
Lu Qing recalled and it seemed that in his memory, before the old doctor came, there were indeed funerals in the village every year.
"When I traveled here, I saw many people in the nearby villages suffering from diseases and without access to medical care. I couldn't bear it, so I stopped here to give these villagers a chance of survival."
"I didn't expect that this stay would last for ten years."
"In the past ten years, I can't say that I have saved countless lives, but at least the villagers here have a place to seek medical treatment when they are sick, so that small illnesses will not accumulate and become serious ones."
Lu Qing was shocked when he heard this.
According to the old doctor, he has truly maintained peace in the area over the past ten years and is a living Bodhisattva in this area.
"So everyone hopes that I can study medicine from you and treat patients in the future?" Lu Qing asked.
"Yes, maybe everyone is tired of having no access to medical treatment." The old doctor nodded.
"But don't we still have you, Grandpa Chen?"
"But I am very old," said the old doctor.
"Although I seldom walk around the village, I can still occasionally hear people talking about what would happen if I died suddenly one day, and where they would go to see a doctor if they were sick."
Lu Qing: “…”
He thought of the old doctor's identity as a cultivator.
Those criticizing villagers would never have thought that an old man could have such sensitive hearing.
Now Lu Qing finally understood why everyone, although envious and jealous, still urged him to study hard when they saw him studying medicine with the old doctor.
It turned out that everyone was tired of the days when there were no doctors.
They are afraid that if the old doctor is gone one day, they will go back to their old ways.
"Grandpa Chen, are you angry?" Lu Qing asked.
"I have nothing to be angry about." Doctor Chen laughed, "This is just human nature. What's more, I am really old, and half of my body is almost buried in the ground."
But I see that you are in good health.
Lu Qing thought to himself.
He remembered the red light he had seen emanating from the old doctor.
"Lu Qing, you are a smart child. Now you should understand what everyone meant just now, right?"
"I understand a little." Lu Qing nodded.
"Then, are you willing to study medicine with me?"
The old doctor suddenly asked.
(End of this chapter)
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